Best era for a prequel game?

I'd play an Arlathan-era game, with Titan hivemind dwarves. Or, as mentioned, something with Andraste and co. waging war on Tevinter.

It'd be cool if DA4 was interspersed with clues about the real Andraste.

The Ancient Age at the height of the Elven Empire and their achievements would be my choice. :exicted:

But hey, if Anthem turns out to be an early era in Thedas' history, maybe we'll get some more insights...

I think the time of any of the major events of Thedas history if it allowed us to experience the true story of the characters involved rather than someone else's version of it, filtered by their own prejudices.

So the time of Andraste and Shartan would be interesting because their history has been so tampered with by the Chantry but there have been hints of what the differences might be, including what she actually taught about the Maker, whether she was a mage and what Shartan believed. Also it would finally clear up exactly where the Battle of Valarian Fields actually took place and how far she conquered into Tevinter itself.

The war that led to the rise of the Evanuris, particularly if this did involve the Titans, or the war with the Forgotten Ones that led to their downfall. Whilst Solas finally moved against them because of the murder of Mythal I don't think that the Dalish got the context wrong that he locked them away at a time when they were at war with another faction, particularly considering that Fen'Harel was said to have been on good terms with both sides. That makes sense considering he didn't turn against them until after her death and yet he seems to share sentiments about their authority with Gelduran at least.

The origins of the Qunari. So we finally get to meet Koslun and see how different the Kossith were, if at all, before they adopted his teaching. In fact travelling the world as a companion of his, while he was studying other races and cultures, before arriving at his insights for how to manage society. I've never been sure exactly when this was meant to have taken place but since it had to be at an earlier era of history, it would still be interesting for a snapshot of different nations at that time and if the area he travelled was actually outside of the one we know as Thedas, so much the better as it can be totally unique.

So you want us to be forced into a fixed character, rather than creating our own?

(No, I did not play either the Darkspawn Chronicles or Leliana's DLC for exactly this reason. I didn't give a damn about playing as her, even though I like her, or the darkspawn.)

Some of these might work better as prequel books than prequel games.

I can’t really accept anything more than just a simple backstory expansion on a particular character. Generally this would just serve as a sort of prologue add-on to a bigger game they’re involved in. I just have no interest in living-the-codex type games, like the much-talked about First Contact War game and the sort. They just work out better as a graphic novel or something. 

yeah, or a movie, i don't see the need for a game. I love games but i also love dragon age and quite fine with other stuff invloving dragon age. Specifically the andraste and shartan idea would work well in movie form.

The heyday of Tevinter (doubles as heyday of the dwarves).

I'm out of the loop here, what did the Qunari say about him?